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2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday, February 25 Hosted by Aidy Bryant Honorary Chair Lily Gladstone Santa Monica Pier 1550 Pacific Coast Hwy Santa Monica, CA 94101 11:00 am…
2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday, February 25 Hosted by Aidy Bryant Honorary Chair Lily Gladstone Santa Monica Pier 1550 Pacific Coast Hwy Santa Monica, CA 94101 11:00 am…
Each month in This Is How We Do It writer Cortney Matz mines her own frustrations to explore issues of productivity, coming away with (more or less) helpful thoughts on finishing that…
Dramatic Feature Writer/Director/Producer: Marc Fienberg Budget: $2 million (approx.) Production: 25 days, Oct–Nov 2007 Financing: Private Equity Shooting Format: 35mm Screening Format: 35mm World Premiere: 2008 Ft. Lauderdale International Film…
The Directors Close-Up series returned for its first in-person session since 2020 last month on March 2 by welcoming nine different screenwriters, all nominated for awards at the 2022 Film…
With awards season rapidly approaching, experts and fanatics everywhere are already placing bets on who will be bestowed with upcoming nominations. One of the year’s big, buzzy performances is that…
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring We’re Gonna Die Alone to life. Logline Having…
Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists. Donate today and help bring The Talk to life. Logline A single father…
Each year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards give the Someone to Watch Award to an emerging filmmaker of singular vision. In this column, film critic David Bax revisits some of the grant’s…
One of the best things about being a writer? The fact that all you have do is write INT. or EXT. followed by the words “Filipino Restaurant,” “Nashville Recording Studio,”…
Whoever said an indie movie has to be a quiet and understated character study? If you’re an independent filmmaker and bloody violence is more your style, then by all means,…
The world is heating up out there, but the gusts and erratic temperature swings of early Spring can often be deceiving. One minute it looks sunny and warm, the next…
NOTE: the below article originally ran on the website Dear Producer and is being shared here courtesy of that website’s editor, Film Independent Fellow Rebecca Green. Excerpts from the Dear Producer website…